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    Christopher Paolini
    “Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
    ― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
    tags: books, christopher-paolini, eragon, good-reads
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
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    Rick Riordan
    “With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.”
    ― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian
    tags: nico
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    Alice McDermott
    “We are surrounded by story.”
    ― Alice McDermott
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    George Carlin
    “There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ”
    ― George Carlin
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    Vikram Seth
    “God save us from people who mean well.”
    ― Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy
    tags: god, good-intentions, humanity, religion
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    Anita Desai
    “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
    ― Anita Desai
    tags: travel
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    “It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”
    ― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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    Pearl S. Buck
    “Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.”
    ― Pearl S. Buck
    tags: contentment
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    R. Buckminster Fuller
    “Dare to be naïve.”
    ― Richard Buckminster Fuller
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    Bill Watterson
    “You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: bad-day, calvin-and-hobbes, luck
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    Hilary Mantel
    “It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.”
    ― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
    tags: facts, knowledge
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    Amy Vanderbilt
    “I have no use for people who exhibit manners.”
    ― Amy Vanderbilt
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    Alexandre Dumas
    “All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope”
    ― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
    tags: book-the-count-of-monte-cristo
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    James Baldwin
    “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
    ― James Baldwin
    tags: parenting, role-models
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    George R.R. Martin
    “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
    tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books
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    George R.R. Martin
    “... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: books, mind
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    George R.R. Martin
    “Winter is coming.”
    ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
    tags: forcasting, mottos, winter
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    George R.R. Martin
    “They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle-earth.”
    ― George R.R. Martin
    tags: fantasy, heaven
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    Colum McCann
    “The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.”
    ― Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
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    Virginia Woolf
    “Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”
    ― Virginia Woolf
    tags: writing
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    Erasmus
    “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
    ― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
    tags: books
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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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